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Vol. 4 No. 5 January 1-February 9, [email protected] | [email protected] on page 2

A BISHOP’S ODYSSEY

IN THE PRELATURE

OF IPIL

Most Rev. Antonio J.Ledesma, SJ, D. D. solemnlyopened the Jubilee Doorof St. Augustine Cathedral,inaugurating the Jubilee ofMercy on December 14, 2015,at 5:00 P.M. in the Archdioceseof Cagayan de Oro. “May thisJubilee of Mercy truly be a yearof experiencing God’s lavishmerciful love for us, and ofgrowing in our commitmentto the ongoing renewal of theChurch and society,” the prelatesaid.

The archbishop presidedat the Eucharistic celebrationtogether with the Oro clergyand religious priests in theArchdiocese. Msgr. PerseusCabunoc, SSJV, vicar and rectorof St. Augustine Cathedral, saidin his homily that, for the Jewishpeople, a Holy Year or Jubileecommemorates their freedomfrom the slavery of Egypt. Hementioned some ordinary andextraordinary Jubilees in thetradition of the Church. St. JohnPaul II called the Great Jubileein 2000 which marked the2000th birth celebration forJesus, and the opening of theThird Millennium. Pope Francisopened the ExtraordinaryJubilee of Mercy on December 8,the solemnity of the ImmaculateConception.

Msgr. Cabunoc said that

Archbishop Ledesma Opens the Archdiocesan Jubilee DoorPope Francis wants the faithfulto rediscover and experienceonce again the mercy andcompassion of God who is everready to forgive. “Ang kalooy maoang sinugdanan sa kaluwasansa tawo. Kung walay kalooy,walay pagpasaylo. Mahimounta kitang misyonaryo ugahente sa kalooy ilabi na samga pamilya nga nagkabingkil-bingkil, ug sa mga kabos ugniadtong nanginahanglandiha sa atong katilingban.”(Compassion is the irst steptowards salvation. Without

mercy, there is no forgiveness.May we become missionariesand agents of mercy especiallyto the families who are divided,and to the poor and the needyin our society.) He challengedthe assembly to live and shareGod’s mercy to others not onlyon Christmas but everyday.

The Opening of theHoly Door was preceded bya general orientation on theExtraordinary Jubilee of Mercyheld at Our Lady of Mt. CarmelChurch, Carmen Cagayan de Oro.Msgr. Florencio Salvador andMsgr. Rey Monsanto expoundedon the characteristics of

the Jubilee Year such as:the opening of Holy Doorsand the granting of plenaryindulgences; the pilgrimage asan impetus to conversion; therediscovery of the corporal andspiritual works of mercy; the

sacrament of reconciliation,and the granting of indulgencesduring the Holy Year ofMercy. The brief catechismwas followed by a communal

celebration of the Sacramentof Reconciliation. All priestswere available for individualconfessions. Then the assemblymade a penitential processionfrom Mt. Carmel Church to St.Augustine Cathedral, where the

Mass was celebrated.The ten Pilgrim Churches

in Cagayan De Oro are:St. Augustine Cathedral,Immaculate Conception in

Jasaan, Santuario Eucharisticoin RER, Kauswagan, JesusNazareno in C. M. Recto Ave.,St. John Marie Vianney inXavier Heights, Divine Mercyin El Salvador, San Nicholas deTolentino in Mambajao, Virgin

de la Paz in Lugait, Sta. Rita inBalingasag, and Sta. Rita deCascia in Gingoog City.

Pope Francis openedthe Jubilee of Mercy, an

Extraordinary Holy Year onDecember 8, the Solemnity ofthe Immaculate Conception.The Holy Year will close onNovember 20, 2016, theSolemnity of Christ the King.

Malaumon nga Gisaulog

ang Bag-ong Tuig 2016

Malaumon ug malinawon

nga gisugat ug gisaulog sa

katawhan ang Bag-ong Tuig

2016, diha sa santos nga

misa sa alas 10:00 sa gabii,

nga gipangunahan ni Most.

Rev. Antonio J. Ledesma,

SJ,D.D., uban ni Msgr. Perseus

Cabunoc ug mga vicar sa San

Agustin Cathedral, Cagayan

de Oro City.

Diha sa iyang homiliya,

nag-ingon si Abp. Ledesma

nga ang gipahinungdan sa

selebrasyon mao si Maria,

ang Inahan sa Batang Jesus,

isip Inahan sa Dios. Si Maria

usa ka ordinaryo nga babaye,

apan gipili sa Dios nga

mahimong Inahan ni Jesus,

nga manunubos sa katawhan.

Diha sa pagsunod ni Maria sa

kabubut-on sa Dios naangkon

ang kaluwasan sa tanang

katawhan.

Nag-awhag ang arsobispo

nga sa pagsugod sa bag-ong

tuig, himoon nga centro ang

Si Abp. Antonio J. Ledesma SJ, D.D, Msgr. Perseus Cabunoc uban sa mga vicar sa San Augusne Cathedral.

Giablihan ang Balaan nga Pultahansa Jesus Nazareno

Atol sa katapusang adlawsa tuig, Deciembre 31, 2015,sa alas 8:00 sa gabii, giablihanni Abp. Antonio J. Ledesmaang Balaan nga Pultahan saJesus Nazareno uban ni Fr.Alan Pulgo, ang kura paroko

ug sa kaparian sa arkdiyosesis.“Angay nga maglipay kita kaykining adlawa rito usab sa pag-abli sa balaang pultahan sakalooy. Sa dihang giablihan angbalaang pultahan, kita gidapitsa pagsulod sa Simbahan aronkita makadawat sa kalooy saDios, alang sa atong kakulangonug alang sa atong kasal-anan ugatong makita ang hulagwaysa kalooy sa Dios,” matod saarsobispo. Gitambungan kinisa bagang duot sa katawhannga nangandam sa pag-abotsa Fiesta sa ilang patron ugnangandam sa bag-ong tuig ngamao ang pangilin sa Mahal ngaBirhen Maria, ang Inahan saDios.

Nag-ingon ang arsobispo

nga mahinungdanon angpag-abli sa pultahan saSimbahan, kay maablihan angkasingkasing sa matag usaug mahimong instrumentosa kalooy sa Dios ngadto sauban. Mao kini ang hagit nga

magpabilin ang dignidadsa matag tawo labi na angmga kabos, kay sila man angdumuduong sa Dios.

Sa pagpanghatag ugmga gasa, sa pamilya, ug samga higala, giawhag niya angtanan nga dili hikalimtan angpinaka dakong gasa gikan saDios, ang iyang bugtong anaknga nagpakatawo alang satanan aron makita ang kalooyug panagway sa Amahan.Nanghinaut ang arsobispo ngaang matag usa mamahimonginstrumento sa kalooy,instrumento sa pagpasaylo,ug mapuno sa diwa sa kalipay,diwa sa kalooy ug diwa sa

kalinaw.

Tuig sa Kalooy nga matod pa

sa Santo Papa nga si Jesus

mao ang nawong sa kalooy

sa Amahan. “Makasalamin

unta ang tanan sa kalo oy sa

Dios alang sa isigka-ingo n,

sa kahiusahan sa pamilya, sa

katilingban, ug mapaambit

ang iyang kalooy ug kalinaw

ilabi na sa Mindanao,” matod

pa niya. Nanghinaut siya nga

unta ang tanan mahimong

instrumetno sa kalooy ug

kalinaw sa isigkaingon.

Sr. Teresita C Espina, FSP



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A BISHOP’S ODYSSEY IN THE PRELATURE OF IPIL Archbishop Antonio J. Ledesma, SJ

When I rst met Bishop Federico Escaler, S.J., in Ipil Prelature

in September 1980, he had just been installed three months earlier onJune 21 as its rst bishop-prelate. The Prelature of Ipil was createdout of the earlier Jesuit Mission District, attached to the Archdioceseof Zamboanga. At that time, the mission district covered a third ofZamboanga del Sur province, from Tungawan in the southwestto Margosatubig. (In was turned over earlier to Pagadian Diocesebecause of the distance from Ipil.)

In 1980-81, I was assigned as Assistant Parish Priest to Siay inthe newly-created prelature as my pastoral exposure after my specialstudies abroad. The land area of Siay parish then was vast, includingthe two present-day parishes of Payao, a coastal municipality, andSampoli in Sibuguey Valley. Siay had no electrici ty and we had to usethe “kinki” kerosene lamps at night. The provincial highway traversingthe prelature from Pagadian to Zamboanga City (a distance longerthan the Manila-Baguio route) was rough and unpaved--dusty whendry, muddy when wet. The barangay roads were in a worse condition.With some lay leaders we were used to walk two to four hours to reacha remote kapilya community. Taking a banca or riding on a horse wasnot uncommon as the only means to reach a sitio.

I. Lawlessness and Human Rights ViolationsIt was in this setting at the height of Martial Law that the prelature

confronted peace and order issues. Five armed groups were said to beactive in the prelature -- the “Moro pirates” preying on small shermenalong the sea coast; the military manning checkpoints along thehighway; the New People’s Army moving along the mountain range;some “lost command” units cuddled by the military or the Moro NationalLiberation Front; and occasional bandit groups in the hinterlands.There were also kidnapping incidents as well as passenger busesbeing ambushed. Charges of human rights violations were broughtup against the military by several of our lay leaders. Some of themwere even suspected as NPA sympathizers. One report brought up inone of our prelature assemblies was about an air force plane droppingbombs on a suspected barangay occupied by indigenous people,causing casualties, among unarmed Subanon civilians. At one of ourclergy meetings with Bishop Escaler, we drew up a set of principles forthe protection of the human rights of any victim, regardless of religiousbelief or culture. This was much appreciated, we learned later, byMuslims and lumads who heard about this.

II. Muslim-Christian RelationsRelations with Muslims were not easy at this time with the MNLF

insurgency going on. Resident Muslim families were considered partof the community. However, outside elements could easily come in andout along the long coastline or through river routes. In the early 70’sthe Ilaga-Barracuda conict, involving extremist armed groups on bothsides, broke out in several parts of Mindanao. At one point, Ipil townitself became a battle ground. Towns people recall the bravery of Fr.Bob Walsh, an American Jesuit missionary, who in his white soutanawas the only one not afraid to go out on his motorcycle to the battleeld to bury the Muslim dead. Fr. Bob had learned Tausug and earnedthe respect of Muslim residents in Ipil . As parish priest of Ipil, he startedthe construction of the square-shaped cathedral upon the coming ofBishop Escaler. On another occasion, Fr. Adrian Mestdag, S.J., aBelgian missionary who had worked in Africa and was the parish priestof Kabasalan, recalled how Fr. Walsh and Fr. Francisco Montecastro,S.J., would keep watch at nights by the Kabasalan bridge to preventIlaga militants from crossing to attack a minority Muslim settlementon the other side. At the signing of the Tripoli Agreement in 1976 onChristmas eve, he also remembered the ring of ries into the air by

many combatants as a celebration for ending hostilities.

III. KRISKA ProgramThe unsettled conditions throughout the Zamboanga Peninsula

in the 70’s and 80’s was perhaps one reason for the wide spreadadoption of the Kristohanong Kasilinganan (Christian Neighborliness)program. KRISKA, the acronym of the program, was introduced in theJesuit Mission District by several of the Filipino Jesuit priests, includingFrs. Simplicio Sunpayco, Samuel Dizon, Angel Antonio and DomingoMacalam. Learning from the earlier experiences of the MaryknollFathers in Tagum and the Oblate Missionaries of Mary in Cotabatoin forming Basic Christian Communities (later called Basic EcclesialCommunities), Fr. Sim as Mission Superior pushed for its introductionin all the parishes. It was also seen as the concretization of therecently-concluded Vatican II Council towards a participatory church.When the prelature was formed, Bishop Escaler fully supported theprogram, also providing some funding with counterpart from eachparish.

A BISHOP’S ODYSSEY

The KRISKA program entailed the formation of groupings ofve or more families into cells (seldas). The cells would have weekly

sessions for Bible-and-life sharing based on the Sunday Gospel

passage. A KRISKA guide would be used by the facilitator or alagad(servant) for the group members’ reections and sharing.

In a sitio or barangay, a grouping of these seldas would forma kapilya (chapel) community. All the selda members would cometogether on Sundays for their Katilingbanong Pag-ampo (CommunityWorship) at the kapilya building. The kapilya community would haveits core group of ofcers, including a president, a kaabag or layminister, a secretary and other leaders.

A grouping of about ve to seven kapilyas would constitutea sona (zone), under a sona president (usually one of the kapilyapresidents). In Siay Parish in 1980-81, we had ten sonas,corresponding to ecological zones – e.g., kapilyas along the coastline,or upland kapilyas, or rice-growing kapilyas in Sibuguey Valley. TheParish Council included the ten sona presidents as members, ensuringthe participation of rural communities beyond the poblacion (towncenter). Parish assemblies included all the kapilya presidents.

The selda-kapilya-sona structure of the parish facilitated theconduct of various ministries – e.g., bible-sharing at the selda level,sacramental celebrations at the kapilya level, and pre-Cana seminarsat the sona level. The collective leadership at every level produced

many local leaders among “ordinary” small farmers, shermen,housewives, etc. The KRISKA structures also provided a senseof solidarity and security among members in the face of attemptedincursions by the NPA, military harassments, or some other crisis.Likewise, the interfacing of structures reinforced one’s identity – as amember of a selda, a kapilya, a sona, and a parish altogether.

IV Clergy, Sisters, and Lay WorkersTwo factors contributed to the rapid expansion of the KRISKA

program. The rst was the support of practically all the clergy andreligious, with the full backing of the bishop. In addition to the Jesuitmission fathers and the growing number of Filipino diocesan priests,other missionary congregations of men came to reinforce the prelatureclergy: Maryknoll, PIME, Claretians, and Sacred Heart. BishopEscaler also invited several sisters’ congregations to help in thevarious ministries: Dominican, St. Paul of Chartes and Spinola Sistersfor schools, Maryknoll and Medical Mission Sisters for a community-based health program, Missionary Sisters of Mary, Mercy, and FaithfulCompanions of Jesus sisters for parish work, and RVM sisters in theseminary and the bishop’s house.

A second factor was the formation and support of full-timeparish lay workers. Several of these dedicated lay workers had beensent earlier in 1970 to a summer institute on leadership at XavierUniversity. Others were sent to other formation programs in Oroquietaor other places in Mindanao. Many of these lay workers became thetrainors of alagads for selda formation, seminar speakers on familylife, social action heads, etc. Bishop Escaler continued this practice oflay workers’ and leaders’ ongoing formation which resulted in a moreparticipatory laity-driven local church.

V Kidnapping of a BishopOn February 22-25, 1985, much of the activity in the prelature

came to a standstill with the news that Bishop Escaler with somecompanions was kidnapped. In retrospect, all the earlier concerns ofthe prelature on lawlessness and human rights violations now came toa head in the personal drama involving the bishop and his companions.

Bishop Escaler left early Friday morning for Zamboanga Cityin a white-colored L-300 vehicle with ten other passengers. Midwayalong a secluded bend of the highway in Tungawan, their vehicle wasstopped by about ten armed men dressed in military fatigues. One ofthe car tires was punctured by bull ets. All the passengers were ordered

to come out of the car. Two of the elderly women who could not walkfar were allowed by the rebels to stay behind. The rest were forcedto move toward the forest – the bishop, three other men (Meliton, thedriver; Joel, a teacher; and Rene, a convento boy), and ve women(Neneng, the bishop’s secretary; Sr. Nilda, a Spinola sister; Janet,principal of the prelature’s night high school; Genie, a catechist; andJojo, a nurse of the CBHP ministry).

For four days and nights, according to Sr. Nilda, the group wasforced to walk through thick underbrush, ford streams, endure leechesand mosquitoes, and climb up a steep hill. They prayed the rosaryas a group at rst and then individually when the kidnappers toldthem to keep quiet. Each one had a ration of only three spoonfuls oflugaw every day. Drinking water came from the river. (Bishop Escalerhimself eventually suffered dehydration and on the last day had to beaided by Meliton, his faithful driver for many years.)

On the rst day, the kidnappers killed two shermen along theriver because they chanced to witness the whole party passing by.The rebels spoke in a mixture of Bisaya and a Muslim dialect. Theyoungest among them was a ten-year old boy with a harelip. BishopEscaler offered to help him go to school and have his harelip operated

on when this ordeal was over. However, that was the last time he sawthe boy.

Sr. Nilda recalls the presence of mind of the bishop – i nsisting to

the rebels that all nine persons stay together in one place; negotiatingwith the leader to release everyone else if the kidnappers were onlyafter the bishop; and stating frankly that the church does not payransom money. As they moved along, Bishop Escaler dropped piecesof tissue paper which provided a trail for any pursuing party. Onthe third day, a Sunday, after climbing up a hill to reach a plateauwhere the rebels had built several huts, the abducted group sharedsome foreboding that this might be the end for them. They prayedand examined their conscience while the bishop offered to give themgeneral absolution.

Then, on the fourth day, Monday, at noontime, the victims heardbullet shots whizzing over their heads as a combined group of CAFGUpersonnel and regular soldiers opened re at the hut where they werestaying. After an intense exchange of gunre, the nine kidnap victimswere told to crawl out of the hut, and roll down the hill towards the river.

Although now safely in the hands of their rescuers, the entire groupstill had to trek from sundown to midnight to reach the landing site of amilitary helicopter that would take them to Zamboanga City.

Fortunately, the rescued persons had no major injuries; onlybruises on their arms and blisters on their feet. For Sr. Nilda, what was

most uplifting for their recovery was the realization that all the parishchurches in the prelature had been conducting prayer vigils duringthe entire period of uncertainty and helpless waiting. The Pope alsosent a message of concern while national newspapers headlined theprogress of the crisis.

None of the kidnappers were apprehended and there were nocasualties on either side. (Some skeptics hinted that the kidnappingwas stage-managed because the bishop was known to be among the“magnicent seven” bishops critical of martial law.) Nonetheless, itwas for everyone a traumatic experience that Bishop Escaler helpedmitigate by his calm “negotiating” conversations with the kidnappersand his insistence that he and his companions stay together all thetime.

VI The Ipil Raid and MassacreUncannily, the four days of the kidnapping incident in 1985 were

followed exactly one year later by the EDSA People Power Revolutionon Feb. 22-25, 1986. The entire country was caught up with hopesfor a brighter future after the vicissitudes of 14 years of a martial lawregime. Yet, after the tenth anniversary of his episcopal ordinationin 1986, Bishop Escaler indicated to the apostolic nuncio his desireto retire. He cited the need for a younger successor who couldadminister a prelature “as varied as Ipil” – with 13 different nationaliti esand 18 religious missionary priests and sisters. The total income fromthe 17 parishes, he reported, accounted for only 7.4 per cent of theprelature’s expenses.

Bishop Escaler acknowledged the nuncio’s reservationsregarding his proposed “early retirement” at age 65. He continued tosolicit outside help in terms of more missionary personnel and fundingover the next ten years. More signicantly, he nurtured the growthof a local clergy. A modest building for the St. Joseph Seminary ofIpil was blessed in Zamboanga City to enable the prelature’s collegeseminarians to study at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University.

Then as he was approaching the normal retirement age forbishops at 75, unexpectedly, Bishop Escaler met the last and heaviestcrisis in his episcopal ministry. On April 4, 1996, at high noon, Ipil wasattacked by a motley group of rebels coming from four directions. Itwas the rst time that the name “Abu Sayyaf” gained notoriety. Therebels razed the market place to the ground, red indiscriminately atcivilians, killed six policemen at their outpost, looted two banks, andleft behind 60 or more persons dead. Among the dead were Placido,

the cathedral’s secretary, and Benigno, one of our social actionworkers in Siay.

The resident priests were out of Ipil for a meeting while thesisters had gone early that morning to start their retreat in Zamboanga.Bishop Escaler was left alone to go to the burnt market place, blessthe dead, and console dazed relatives and friends of the victims. Butthe most important action he made was to urge the townspeople not toresort to any reprisals against the minority Muslim community residingin Ipil.

When I joined Bishop Escaler as Coadjutor Bishop the followingyear, in October 1996, the peace building program was the rstactivity I engaged in. Through seminars among clergy, religious andparishioners, we hoped to create a culture of peace, especially in thelight of the impending peace agreement between the government andthe MNLF.

On July 16, 1997, Bishop Escaler passed on the full running ofthe prelature to me after a nine-month apprenticeship. Looking back,he left behind a legacy that exemplied his episcopal motto, “Pro Fideet Justitia”. He had served for 21 years as bishop-founder of two ofthe poorest mission areas in Mindanao – four years in Kidapawan and

17 years in Ipil. He weathered two of the most harrowing experiencesa pastor could have – the kidnapping and the deadly raid in his hometown. In the meantime, as a good administrator, he managed to solicitoutside resources for the growing needs of the local church, evenleaving behind an endowment fund to sustain the operations of theprelature (now a diocese with its third bishop).

But perhaps, most of all, Bishop Escaler was able to harness andharmonize the multiple charisms of the rst generation of missionarypriests and religious in Ipil – meeting with them in quarterly prelatureassemblies and encouraging them to build the participatory structuresof the KRISKA-BEC program.

During his 18 years of retirement, Bishop Escaler made himselfavailable for calls of the ministry in the Manila area. One of his lastwishes was fullled when he joined 40 other Jesuits in a privateaudience with Pope Francis at the nunciature during the papal visitlast year. Bishop Escaler died quietly on November 28, 2015, at theage of 93. His remains were laid at the Jesuit cemetery of SacredHeart Novitiate where he had started his religious life 74 years ago.His niche is not far from the niche of another Jesuit bishop who alsoserved in Mindanao, Bishop Francisco Claver. May they rest in

peace.



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DMII share Christmas cheer toCDO Parolees and Parishioners

The Daughters of MaryImmaculate International(DMII) in the Diocese of Cagayande Oro shared Christmas

cheer to 118 parishioners and35 families with parole andprobation at the administrativeCDO ofice of the Department ofJustice - Region X. It was held onDecember 4, 2015 at VictoriaBeach, Bayabas, Cagayan deOro City. The Christmas party/program included amazinggames, team-building activities,caroling contest amongparolees and probationers withtheir families.

During the programproper, Regional Director Lina K.Burdeos gave her inspirationalmessage focused on the valuesof obedience and commitment,

observance of lawful dutiesand responsibilities expectedfrom them as parolees andprobationers. Director Burdeosgave them her Christmas bestwishes and encouraged themto work hard “not to return tojail.”

The DMII memberscarried out their missionto render corporal works

of mercy by facilitating thevarious activities and preparedthe gifts for distribution.They were Sisters Leobia V.Guinataran, Ruth Valdehueza,Erlinda Deligero, Mila Patindol,

Mary Katherine A. Lopez,Mary Eljane A. Lopez, AnnaCArina A. Patindol, Flor Diaz,Lorie Llagas, Ruby R. Lobino,Rachel A. Asequia, GertrudesGabor, Lucita Soquillo, EsterCausin, Gellie Paquino Sylviade Guzman, Editha Reyes,Purisima del Rosario, AnaNacuna headed by DiocesanRegent, Elnora R. Abuel

The PPA ofice,Department of Justice throughMrs. Dinah Vevarez, chief of PPofice, the supervisors and staff- Amie Dolfo, Annie Beb Diaz,Ira Ballante, Dimple Ventic,Donata Rose Pizania and Mr.

Oscar Cardinas, extendedtheir profound gratitude andChristmas wishes to VPAassociation oficers/members,Mr. Romeo de Asis, Presidentto the Daughters of MaryImmaculate International(DMII) and to those who in oneway or another contributed tothe success of the activity.

By Elnora Abuel

1st CBCP–ECSC National

Media Convention 2015

Parcipants of 1st CBCP –ECSC Naonal Media Convenon 2015

Directors and

Coordinators of SocialCommunications of different

dioceses attended the 1st

CBCP-Episcopal Commission

on Social Communication

(ECSC) National Media

Convention on August 11-13,

2015 at the Pius XII Center,

United Nations Ave., Paco,

Manila.

Bishop Mylo Vergara

talked on Stewardship,

Synergy and Social

Communication. He called

on media practitioners to be

honest, reliable, and loyal tofriends and family, to always

do the right thing and never

to lie, cheat or steal.Ms. Varona of ABS-CBN

presented the current media

situation in the country.

She showed the increasing

popularity of social media

among the youth.

Edwin Lopez of Eternal

Word Television Network

(EWTN) gave tips on Media

Management, while Fr.

Anton Pascual of Radio

Veritas shared on radio, and

TV broadcasting. Noel de

Leon of the Communication

Foundation for Asia (CFA)spoke of print and Msgr. Pepe

Media Literacy Education Seminar forNew Evangelization

Parcipants of Media literacy Educaon Seminar for New Evangelizaon

Sr. Consolata Manding,FSP, the Directress ofInstitute of Communicationin Asia(PICA) conducted3-day seminar to differentgroups and representativesof the different ministrieson November 9-11, 2015 atPatrick Cronin Hall, Cagayande Oro City.

She pointed out that sincemedia are invasive, pervasive,persuasive and proliic, one’slife is conditioned by whatmedia offer, so there’s aneed to be critical, selectiveand responsible consumer ofmedia.

The Church has givenguidelines on the proper use

o Media through Decree onSocial Communication (InterMiriica), Pastoral Instructionon how to use the Mediaof Social Communication(Communio et Progressio) andPastoral Instruction on the Useof Media (Aetatis Novae). OtherChurch teachings on Mediainclude: Rapid Development,Ethics in Internet, Church andInternet, Ethics on Media, AMatter of Choice and Ethics inAdvertising.

The participants analyzedbanner news, headlines,editorial, columns andadvertisements. They alsoanalyzed the Pope’s Messageon World Communications

Day. They were given tips onhow to assess a movie.They realized the

importance of media of SocialCommunications in theirrespective ministries in orderto be more effective in theworks of evangelization

The participants includerepresentatives from CatholicFamily Life Apostolate (CFLA),Catholic Faith Defenders,CFLAMP-Bible apostolate,Couples for Christ, youth fromdifferent parishes, Daughtersof Mary Immaculate,representative from parishes,World Association of Fatimaand Association of PaulineCooperators.

Quitorio and Areopagus team

about Social Media.The participants were

grateful for the gathering.

They said that the talks were

interesting and helpful in

making everyone see the

reality and vast potential of

social media in evangelization

today.

Sr. Teresita Espina,

FSP, Ms. Maristela Camaddo

and Mr. Cleb Calimutan

represented the Social

Communication Ministry of

the Archdiocese of Cagayan

de Oro.



Ang mga gamut hinungdan sa pagkawalaykalinaw diha sa kasaysayan sa Mindanao

Tataw kaayo ang sumada ni Brother Karl Gaspar

(Redemptorist) sa kasaysayan sa Mindanao:“Ang kahimtang sa kasamok o pagkawalay kalinaw dinhi sa

Mindanao nagsugod niadtong unang mga pangahas sa mgaconquistador sa Espanya sa pagpangsakop ug mga kolonyakapin na sa 400 ka tuig nga milabay. Sumala sa atong nasayran

sa kasaysayan, ang kolonisasyon gihimo sa pinugos ug linuognga pamaagi ginamit ang armas, bisan kun kini gipakaylappinaagi sa pagpamunyag sa mga Lumad sa mahari-hariangpagkontrolar sa ekonomiya, kultura ug politika sa kapupud-an.

Ang mga gamut sa kagubot sa Mindanao wala langmagsukad diha sa kapid-an ka siglong mga gubat tali samga langyaw ug mga Lumad, bisan pa man kon mao kiniang dugokang hinungdan. Nahimo usab nga hinungdan sakasamok ang pinugos nga pagpatunhay sa bag-ong pamaagisa panginabuhi, bag-ong istruktura sa ekonomiya, bag-ongmga tinuohan ug bag-ong politikanhong sistema nga miilog sanaandang mga pamaagi sa lumadnong mga katilingban.

Dili kalikayan nga ang mga Lumad sa Mindanao wala lang

miilang kaaway sa mga kasundalohan kundili sa mga tawo usab

nga nangabot sunod sa mga sundalo. Bisan ang mga nanglalino nangdayo giisip usab nga samukan ug manggugbot. Sa walana ang mga Espanyol, ang gihimo sa mga Amerikano ngapagpalig-on sa kolonisasyon pinaagi sa pagpalalin sa mgataga-Luzon ug Kabisay-an nganhi sa Mindanao wala gyudmakatabang pagtukod ug kalinaw.

Ang unang hugna sa mga dayo nga miabot sakabaybayonan sa Mindanao maoy naghulagway niining maongpalisiya. Sa ngadto-ngadto ang mga dili taga Mindanao hinoon

maoy nahimong kinabag-an sa mga lumulpyo sa Mindanao.”

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Mga gamut-hinungdan sa

kagubot sa MindanaoSinulat nila:

Fr. Flordelito Nazareno, Immaculate Concepon Parish, Wao, Lanao del Sur

Fr. Paul Glynn SSC, Interfaith Ministry, Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro

Kun maghisgut kita mahitungod sa kahimtang sa

panagbangi tali sa mga Kristyanos ug mga Muslim dinhi sa

Pilipinas, atong masayran nga adunay daghang mga samad

ug pagdinumtanay, ug pagkawalay pagsalig tali sa usag usa

nga makataronganon kay kini nagsumikad man sa mga buhing

kasinatian sa usag usa nga dili maayo ug saki. Kun makahibalo

kita sa kasaysayan sa Mindanao ato gayung masayran nga

daghang mga Muslim, daghan usab nga mga Lumad ugmga Kristyanos nga nangasamdan sa mga kasamok dinhi sa

Mindanao, latas sa daghang mga katuigan.

Mga kunohayAdunay mga paghukum batok sa isigkatawo nga

makataronganon ug binasi sa mga pait nga kasaysayan ug

panghitabo. Apan aduna po’y paghukum sa isigkatawo nga dili

makataronganon - kun prejudicesug biases- ug walay basihanan

sa tinuod nga kasinatian. Mga sagad nga panghunahuna nato

bahin sa mga grupo sa mga tawo ug sa mga tribo nga lahi kanato

mga negatibo man. Ang pirmi nato madungog mahitungod sa

mga Bol-anon nga ija-ija; aho-aho kuno! Tikalon gid kuno ang

mga Ilonggo, samtang kuripot daw ang mga Ilokano. Apan mgakunohaylang kining mga panghunahuna batok niining mga tribo

ug walay basihanan kini sa tinuod nga kasinatian. Imposibli gyud

nga parehas ugija-ija; aho-aho ang tanang mga Bol-anon o nga

parehas ugkuripot ang tanang mga Ilokano. Nadungog lang

nato kining mga kunohay gikan sa atong mga katigulangan ug

bisan dili tinoud ato lang pirmi hunahunaon ug isulti kay mao ni

ang atong naandan.

Daghan sad mga madungog nato nga kunohay mahitungod

sa mga Muslim. Pirmi nato madungog nga mga traydor kuno

sila. Ug gamiton sad sa mga ginikanan ang pulong nga ‘Moros’

para ipanghadlok sa mga bata: “Ayaw intawon paglaag-laag

sa gawas kay kuhaon ka sa mga Moros” , o “isulod taka ug sako

ug ibaligya ka ngadto sa mga Moros para patamnon ka ug luy-a

didto sa Lanao, o ipakaon ka sa tirong”!!Siyempre, kun sultihan

ang gamay nga bata ug ingon niana mahitungod sa mga

Muslim, motuo dayon siya nga ngilad ug batasan ang tanang

mga Muslim – mora sila ug mga mamamatay-tawo, o balbal, o

manananggal! Dili gyud mangaalim ang mga samad ni mawala

ang pagdinumtanay, ug ang pagkawalay pagsalig tali sa mga

Kristyanos ug Muslim sa Mindanao kun magsigi gihapon kita ug

tudlo niining mga kunohay ngadto sa bag-ong kaliwatan.

Kun ang tawo dali motuo sa mga tsismis ug sa mga kunohay

(mga impormasyon o mga kasaysayan nga walay basihanan sa

realidad) dali siya ilaron. Kasagaran, gamiton kining klaseha sa

mga tawo, kanila nga gamhanan aron magpabilin sila diha sa

bantayog sa gahom.

Kun ang tawo dili suweto sa kasaysayan sa iyang nasud dali

ra siya mopalit sa mga estorya o sugilanon bisan kon kini minugna

lamang sa mga tawo nga anaa sa gahum kinsa andam motuis

sa kasaysayan pabor sa ilang kabulahanan.

Ang panagbangi sa mga Muslim ug sa mga Kristyanos,

kasagaran, basi sa mga kasaysayan nga natuis. Kay kun ang

mga pagbati binasi pa sa mga tinuod nga panghitabo, ang

makasasala ra unta ang dumtan ug dili ang tibuok pundok diin

siya nahisakop.

January 1-February 9, 2016



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ACDO joins 3rd CBCP-BEC National AssemblyBy: Sweet Kristine Ace G. Adorio

The Archdiocesan BEC

formation team attended the 3rdCBCP-BEC National Assemblyon November 11-14, 2015 atPaco Catholic School in Manila.Hosted by the Ecclesiasticalprovince of Manila, the themewas: “50 Years of Vatican II: BECas Community of MissionaryDisciples and Church of thePoor.” The assembly also servedas the culminating celebrationof the Philippine Church of the50th anniversary of Vatican II.

More than 1,100participants from the 74Dioceses of the country came,most of whom were clergy,religious, and BEC lay leaders.The oficial delegates wereaccommodated in the differentparishes of the Archdiocese ofManila and welcomed by theirhost families. ACDO delegateswere assigned to the Diocese ofParañaque.

In the afternoon of the irstday, Most Rev. Socrates Villegas,DD, CBCP President, led theopening mass at San Fernandode Dilao Parish in Paco, Manila.The plenary assemblies were allheld at the auditorium of PacoCatholic School.

In the morning ofNovember 12, His Eminence,Orlando Cardinal Quevedo,

New EvangelizationProclamations 2015

The Confraternity of

Catholic Lay Theologians

carried out proclamations of

the Faith as part of the New

Evangelization. Last Oct 31,

2015, a big crowd gathered at

the plaza of Mat’i in Claveria,

Misamis Oriental, under theparish of Fr. Joel Lusat, SSJV, to

witness the proclamation of the

Gospel of Christ. It is interesting

to note that there were non-

Catholics who attended the

event.

Moreover, prior to the

said event there were two

separate New Evangelization

proclamations in two different

places. One was at Brgy. Loguilo,

Alubijid under the Parish of

Msgr. Elmer Abacahin, SSJV, PC,

BEC Family Day MalampusongGipahigayon

Malampusong gipahigayon ang

BEC Archdiocesan Family Day 2015

sa parokya ni Sta. Rita de Cascia,

Balingasag, Misamis Oriental sa Agosto

24- 25, 2015 uban sa tema: “Ang BEC/

GSK diha sa pag-amping, pag-amoma

ug pagpanalipod sa kinaiyahan.”

Kini nga okasyon gitambungan sa

1,235 ka mga BEC lay leaders, mga

kaparian,relihiyoso ug relihiyosa sulodsa Arkidiyosesis sa Cagayan de Oro.

Diha sa santos nga misa nga

gipangunahan ni Most. Rev. Jose

A. Cabantan, SSJV,D.D., Obispo sa

Diyosesis sa Malaybalay ug umaabot

nga CBCP-BEC Bishop in-charge,

mihatag ug mga pulong sa pagdasig

ngadto sa tanang mga lumilihok sa

gagmay nga simbahanong katilingban.

Sa unang adlaw, adunay agri fair

diin ang matag vicariato nagdisplay

sa ilang nagkadaiyang mga produkto.

Gisundan kini sa usa ka parada libot

sa centro sa lungsod sa Balingasag.

Sa gabii, mipasundayag ang matag

vicariato sa ilang nagkadaiyang mga

talento aron sa paghatag ug kalipay

ngadto sa mga bisita ug mga delegado.

Ang ikaduhang adlaw gisugdan sa

santos nga misa nga gipangunahan ni

Most Rev. Antonio J. Ledesma, SJ,D.D.,

Arsobispo sa Cagayan de Oro. Diha

sa iyang homiliya, naghisgot siya

kabahin sa iyang pagbisita didto sa

Fatima Portugal nga mao ang lugar ngagipakitaan sa mahal nga Birhen Maria

ug iyang gisaysay ang mensahe niini

ngadto sa tulo ka mga bata nga mao

ang: pag-ampo sa santos nga rosaryo,

pag-ampo alang sa pagbag-o sa tibuok

kalibutan ug pagpenetensya alang

sa kalinaw ug kabag-ohan sa tibuok

kalibutan. Ug kining tanan, misyon

sa tanan isip sakop sa gagmay nga

simbahanong katilingban.

Gihisgotan usab niya ang tulo ka

mga misyon sa BEC: Una: ang BEC alang

D.D., Archbishop of Cotabato,delivered the opening talk:“BECs in the Philippines-Thanksgiving for 50 years ofVatican II’s Spirit of Renewal.”He strongly stressed that theChurch is the “people of God.”The day ended with a masspresided by the Most Rev. JosePalma, D. D., Archbishop of Cebu,who shared in his homily thatthe BEC has brought so muchdevelopment in the Churchand has nourished the faith ofCatholic believers.

In the next two days,representatives from variousregions in Mindanao, Visayasand Luzon shared stories oftheir respective BECs in creativeways. Following the reports,

Msgr. Manny Gabriel madea synthesis and Fr. AmadoPicardal presented the “Trends,Concerns and Challenges” of theBECs in the country. Then, HisEminence Luis Antonio CardinalTagle gave the most awaited talk:“The BECs in the Philippines:Responding as a Community ofMissionary Disciples to the callof Pope Francis to be a PoorChurch for the Poor.” He said theBECs become a communion withChrist and became the backbonefor the Church to spread out theEvangelization into action.

Following the afternoon

Mass which recalled the BECmartyrs, the delegates hada special dinner and socials.The culminating activity onNovember 14 at the CunetaAstrodome from 12:00 noonto 5:00 PM was attended, notonly by oficial delegates andobservers, but also by over10,000 members of BECs in theNational Capital Region. Thiswas preceded by motorcadesfrom various dioceses andparishes in Metro-Manila whichconverged near DFA building

along Roxas Boulevard. Fromthere the participants hada procession to the CunetaAstrodome. A programand cultural presentationfollowed. The apostolic nuncio,Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto,graced the occasion and readthe message of Pope Francis tothe assembly. At 4:00 PM, theclosing Mass was celebrated,presided by Cardinal LuisAntonio Tagle.

The ACDO BEC formatorsare grateful for meeting other

BEC Leaders through the event,and learned from their practices.They were also inspiredfrom the talks and witnessedthe great challenges in theapostolate. They went home totheir parishes illed with hopeand enthusiastic energy tocontinue their voluntary workswith courage. What made thegathering remarkable was thedifferent success stories learnedfrom each other, and being partof the discoveries of the BECs’dreams for the upcoming years.

and at Punta Silum, Manticao

of Fr. Joselito Cabactulan, SSJV.

The latter called up different

evangelizers and defenders of

the faith to explain the Catholic

Faith which was recently

attacked by some other anti-

ecumenical denominations whoheld a public colloquium in the

same place.

The events were intended

to invite more people back to

an active life in the Church.

It was also a response to one

of the challenges of the new

evangelization: to bring those

who have grown cold in the Faith

back to the Church. The group is

now looking forward to making

more proclamations in the year

2016.

By: Kent Philip E. Eduave

Si Most. Rev. Jose A. Cabantan, D.D., uban sa mga kaparian sa Arkidiyosesis sa Cagayan de Oro

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PAURARAY…LK.2:16-21

Di na madugay laing tuig ato na usang SAULOGON,ang kalinaw sa 2016 atong PANGHINAUTON,nga ang tanang tawo magkinabuhing MAGSOON,kay gikan unta sa usa ka Dios nga LANGITNON.MATAG TUIG MAGHIMO KITA OG RESOLUSYON,NGA MGA DAUTANG KINAIYA USBON,BISYO WAD-ON, SA PAMILYA MAPINANGGAONUG SA MATAG USA MALOLOY-ON.

Ayaw usiki ang imong kwarta AMIGO,diha sa mga PABUTO,bugaw kuno sa demalas ug MULTO,igsoon niana ayaw PAGTOO.KON GUSTO KA NGA PANALANGINAN,TABANGI ANG NANGINAHANGLAN,KAY MOBALIK KANIMO DAW WAY KATAPUSAN,

MAO KANA ANG SEKRETO SA SUBO NGA BULAHAN.ang pamilya atong LIPAYON,

sa gugma atong PUN-ON,sa mga kaaway kita na MAPASAYLOON,ug sa Dios kanunay na MAAMPOON.ANG NAGKABANGIS USAB NGA KINAIYAHAN,PANAHON NA SA SULBAD PANGITAAN,DI NA NATO ABUSAHAN,ARON ANG MABANGIS NGA KALAGLAGAN ATONGMALIKAYAN.

SAKSAK-SINAGOL NI

PEPOYE

Mao! Pauraray sa bag-ong tuigaron dili mag-aray-aray tibuok tuig!Happy New Year na pud! Magpabutona pud ta! Tarattatattarattatattat…bratatatbratatat…BANG!BANG!...agoy-agoy… lagpot lagi ang mga dautangespiritu ug lagpot pud ang mga maayongtudlo. Mao lagi kay gusto’g haruhaynga kinabuhi mao nga gapauraray. Maokasagaran kini ang gusto sa kadaghanan

ang kinabuhi nga haruhay, hayahay, swerte. Abunda, bulahan, luho, busog ug sahamubo nga pagkaestorya usa ka kinabuhi sa pagpauraray. Mao hala sige iplastar naang 13 ka lingin nga prutas og kon walay prutas nga lingin nan simaga na lang nangimong mga mata ug nganga para sudlan og swerte. Mao kay kinsa bay gusto mag-antos? Ako? Ikaw? Mao nga dapat daghang pagkaon sa lamisa og kaon gyud tamansa kaya aron tuig abunda dayon kalibanga ang resulta. Mao, da lagi!

Mao! Pauraray para hayahay! Mao man gani nga gusto nato ang patsada nga

kinabuhi sa kanunay. Mao nga sugdan sa katawa para kanunay daw happy og sasigeng katawa gipanuhotan na ug libre na dayon ang pabuto kay sa dihang dili namapugngan…tot…tototot tottottot tototot tottot. Mao nga gapaningkamot ta ngasugdan nato ang tuig nga nindot aron malihian kini aron nindot pud ang tibuok tuig.Mao kinahanglan nga naay bag-o gyung sinina nga adunay linginlingin, bag-ongkarsunis nga adunay linginlingin, bag-ong sapatos nga adunay linginlingin ug bisanunsa basta kay bag-o nga naay linginlingin ug apil dagway nga lingin gibag-o. Maogyud!

Mao! Pauraray para haruhay! Mao gyud intawon nga bisan unsa na langang gabuhaton aron mapauraray ang kinabuhi, sama sa grabe nga kinan-anay,tinagayay, niluksuhay, sininggitay, sinayaway, kinantahay, pinakpakay, sinabaay,kinataw-anay, pabutohay hangtud nga magkinantiyaway ug magnilibakay. Mao nangpauraray gyud taman sa ginhawa aron lagi swertehon sa tibuok tuig. Mura ba’g angkinabuhi ginabasi lang sa atong tawhanong panghunahuna o pagtuotuo. Mao ngabisan nakabalo na kita nga kinahanglan nga mulihok gyud kita aron maharuhayang kinabuhi apan naghunahuna gihapon kita labaw sa tanan nga adunay gahomgyud ang pagpauraray o ang pagpaswerte o ang pagpalihi nga ang basihanan dawmao ang usa ka maayo nga pagsugod sa tuig. Mao nga daghan kaayo kitang mgatulomanon ug mga rituals nga makahatag daw kanato’g kagana sa pagkinabuhi. Maobya gyud kuno!

Mao nga naunsa naman diay ning basihanan sa tinuod natong pagtoo. Mao banga mag-agad lang diay kini sa pagpauraray. Sos oy! Mao siguro daghan kanato walamakahibalo nga ang ginasaulog nato sa pagbag-o sa tuig basi sa atong pagtoo maoman ang kapistahan sa Mahal nga Birhen Maria - ang Inahan sa Dios. Mao nga sapagsugod nato sa tuig ang atong kasagaran madungog ang Happy New Year dili angHappy Fiesta sa Mahal nga Birhen Maria. Kay ang hunahuna sa tawo mao lang angpagbag-o sa tuig mao nang pagpauraray lang gyud ang buhaton sa tawo dili kadtongpagpadayag sa lawom nga pagtoo sa gahom sa Dios nga nagalihok diha sa BulahangBirhen Maria. Mao gyud unta ba!

Mao nga nakapamalandong ako nga ang basihanan usab diay sa usa kamalampuson nga kinabuhi mao ang atong paghatag og bili kang Maria. Ang Diossa pagsugod sa bag-ong tuig nagapahinumdom kanato kang Maria alang sa usa kamakahuloganon nga kinabuhi sa tanan. Naamgohan nako nga kon si Maria ang anaasa kasingkasing sa tanan sa pagsugod pa lang sa tuig nan usa ka mabungahon gyudnga kinabuhi ang atong masinati. Nakahunahuna ako kon awaton lang nato si Mariasa pagsugod sa tuig mabulahan kita sama kaniya. Mao kon magpauraray lang kita sasabakan ni Maria sigurado gyud ang kaluwasan alang sa tanan. Mao lagi!

Mao aron dili ta makalimot kang MARY ug mabuhat nato ang angay buhaton sapagsugod sa tuig atong hinumdoman ang mga litra sa ngalang M.A.R.Y.

M-MEDIDATE GOD’S WORD. Atong handurawon ang mga pulong sa Dios ngamaoy mogiya kanato sa hustong buhaton aron atong mabatunan ang tinuod ngakalipayan sa kinabuhi. Pamalandungan nato ang kinabuhi ni Hesus ug Maria aronmaangkon nato ang kaluwasan.

A-ACCEPT THE TRUTH. Dawaton nato ang kamatuoran sa mga pagtulon-an sa Dios. Ang kamatuoran maoy maghatag kanato’g kagawasan. Si Hesus angkamatuoran. Si Hesus ang maghatag kanato’g kagawasan. Siya ang kagawasan saatong mga pagpakasala.

R-REFORM OUR LIVES. Pagbag-o sa kinabuhi. Ang pagbiya sa atong kasal-anan ug ang pagbuhat pa’g daghang maayong butang ilabina sa mga tawong masnanginahanglan. Ang pagbag-o sa kaugalingon maoy sinugdanan sa kabag-ohan sapamilya,katilingban ug sa tibuok katawhan.

Y-YES TO GOD. Ang atong dakong OO sa Dios pinaagi sa atong pagsunod sa

tanan Niyang mga kasugoan. Ang atong pag-OO sa kagustohan sa Dios maoy angayannga hunahunaon sa pagsugod sa usa ka kinabuhi nga madagayaon. Sama sa dakongYes ni Maria sa plano sa Dios alang kaniya ug alang sa atong kaluwasan maoy angaynga itisok sulod sa atong tagsa-tagsa nga kasingkasing, nga nagahigugma sa Dios ugsa uban.

MAO!PAURARAY DIHA KANG MARIA OG DILI PAURARAY SA IMONGKAUGALINGONG PANGHUNAHUNA……

sa pamilya, isip usa ka gambalay sa

simbahan. Ikaduha: ang BEC alang sa

komunidad diin anaa ang pagpakabana

ug pagtabang sa usag-usa. Ikatulo: ang

BEC alang sa Laudato Si’, ang paghatag

ug pagtagad sa atong hiniusang puloy-

anan nga mao ang kalibutan.

Human sa misa, si Rev. Fr.Rey

Raluto nagpaambit mahitungod sa

encyclical ni Pope Francis, Laudato Si’

diin iyang gihisgutan ang kabililhon

sa pag-amping, pag-amoma ug

pagpanalipod sa kinaiyahan nga mao

ang hiniusang poloy-anan sa tanan.

Natapos ang duha ka adlaw nga

selebrasyon pinaagi sa usa ka grand

raffle draw diin ang premyo mao ang

napulo (10) ka tag 2,000.00 SM gift

cards. Ang grand winner nga nakakuha

sa (1) ka brand new Suzuki passenger

multicab mao si Paul Beloy nga taga

San Roque parish, Magsaysay, Misamis

Oriental.

Ang BEC Archdiocesan Family

Day usa ka tinuig nga kalihukan sa

Arkidiyosesis sa Cagayan de Oro, ug

sa sunod tuig pagasaulogon kini sa

Vicariato ni Sta. Rita de Cascia, Gingoog

City. Ang ACDO BEC formation team

kinasingkasing nga mapasalamaton

sa tanang misuporta arong nga

magmalampuson ang BEC Family Day

2015.

BEC Family Day... From p.5




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7Archdiocesan NewsCIACAT Holds Planning Workshop

Cagayan de Oro’s

City Inter-Agency Council

against Traficking –

Violence against Women

(CIACAT) held a Planning

Workshop on August 25,

2015 at Philtown Hotel,

Cagayan de Oro City. They

inalized the program of

activities to be submitted

to the City Council of

Cagayan de Oro for budget

purposes under the care

of Hon. Teodolfo Lao. The

workshop was attended

by 23 government ofices/

agencies, non-government

agencies, among them the

Archdiocese of Cagayan de

Oro Migrants Ministry. The

Council was formed in June

2015 making Cagayan de Oro

the irst city in Mindanao to

have organized CIACAT, as

mandated by R.A. 9208 and

amended by R.A. 10364, the

expanded Anti-Traficking

Law. It is noteworthy that

Sec. 15 of the Law provides

for the establishment of

Migrants Advisory and

Information Network

Desks in municipalities and

provinces in coordination

with DILG, Philippine

Information Agency (PIA),

Commission on Filipinos

Overseas (CFO), NGOs and

other concerned agencies.

The Council formed

three committees:

1.Prevention; 2. Quick

Response/Rescue; and 3.

After Care. The different

agencies/ofices will

collaborate as a group but

divide themselves according

to the expertise/services of

their respective agency/

ofice.

The Planning Workshop

gave an orientation,

presented by Prosecutor

Joseph Eduard Eullaran

of the Quick Reaction

Teams (QRT), and thefunctions and duties of

each agency member. QRTs

are small teams of 4-5

members with skills and

knowledge to counter a

particular Traficking in

Person (TIP) case based

on the requirements of

the law. There are four

venues of QRTs: airport,

seaport, land-based, and

at-large. Composition

of representatives of

government agencies ismore or less similar: a team

leader, a law enforcement

oficer, a prosecutor, and

a counseling oficer. They

are important especially

in relation to Sec. 10 of

R.A. 7610 which provides

that any person who has

in his company a minor,

Sr. Pearl Balbastro, DC

10 years or more younger,

who is not related within

the 4th degree of afinity/

consanguinity (children,

niece/nephew, irst cousin),

or he/she is not performing

a legal or moral duty andcannot explain convincingly

their being together, may

already be liable for human

traficking.

Prosecutor Ruby

Malanog discussed the

important provisions of R.A.

9208 as amended by R.A.

10364. A traficked child is

one who has been recruited,

transported, transferred,

harbored, adopted, or

received for the purpose

of exploitation within

or outside the country.

Consent is not material;meaning it does not remove

the crime or make it lawful.

These and many small data

that the public ought to

know were presented and

explained so clearly that

one could feel committed

to be a part of the anti-

traficking campaign which

today is reportedly among

the biggest illegal business

in the world, together with

illegal arms and illegal drugs.

Worse is that the goods

consist of human persons

created in the image andlikeness of God. This was

the atmosphere in the air as

the group purposefully went

into amending their plan

of action considering the

presence of new agencies

and more relevant data and

learning received.

Good Shepherd Nun Talks on Human Trafcking

Sr. Deena Mananzan,

RGS gave a talk on HumanTrafficking on November

25, 2015, at St. Augustine

Cathedral, Cagayan de Oro City.

She pointed out that human

beings are created by God

in his image and likeness; so,

everybody is sacred and holy.

Unfortunately, some people

are sold like commodities.

Human trafficking is the third

dollar earner in syndicated

crime, next to drugs trafficking

and arms trafficking. Human

trafficking is closely linked

to prostitution, forced labor,

domestic work, and childlabor. The most vulnerable are

women and children below 18

years old, virgins and minors.

They are sexually preferred

by pedophiles. They are also

exploited for cheap labor

especially in factories, farm,

and by begging syndicates.

Sr. Mananzan pointed out

that human trafficking is both

a human rights issue and a

gender issue. The root cause

is patriarchy where women,

children, slaves, animals,

and lands are treated as

possessions of a male head of

the family. She said

that Pope John PaulII in his Letter to

Women, 1995, calls

for conversion to

women, meaning

to recover, to

restore the dignity

of women as

human beings

created in the

image and likeness

of God. (Genesis

2:27). The Pope

himself showed

this conversion to

women by saying:

“I am truly sorry!”There could never

be real love for

humanity if more

than half who are not restored

to their original dignity as

human beings, like men,

created in the image of God.

The first apostle of

the resurrection that Jesus

chose was a woman, Mary

Magdalene. Jesus appeared

first to her before the men

apostles. Jesus told her, “Go

and tell them..” (John 20:11-

18)

Sr. Deena believed that

recovery of the human dignity

as divine is necessary to

counteract human trafficking.

Integral to this gospel value

of persons is the equality of

man and woman which calls

for radical cultural conversion

from patriarchy or male

domination. The evangelical

value of personhood should

be given priority and urgency

in the present catechesis and

ongoing religious formation.

Sr. Deena Mananzan, RGS

Youth Ministry AwarenessWeek 2015 Gisaulog

Ang mga partisipante

sa National Youth Day nga

gipahigayon sa Tuguegarao,

naghatag ug re-echo seminar

sa mga kabatan-onan sa

arkidiyosesis sa Disyembre

12, 2015, sa parokya sa Our

Lady of Fatima, atol sa Youth

Ministry Awareness Week.

Gitambongan kini sa 92 ka

mga batan-on. Nagsugod

ang programa sa may alas

9:00 sa buntag, diin nag-ilaila

ang matag usa ug naghatag

ug dugang impormasyon

mahitungod sa National

Youth Day. Ang walo (8) ka

tema nga gihisgutan mao ang

Personhood, Live Pure, Climate

Change, Vocation, Indigenous

People, Taize, Kabataang

Bayani ug Bullying.

Dako ang pagpasalamat sa

kapunungan tungod sa suporta

nga gigahin sa matag parokya

sa arkidiyosesis nga nagpadala

ug representante nga mga

kabataan aron molambo ug

mahatagan ug dugang kahibalo

sa nagkadaiyang isyu.




Birthday Celebrants for January

January 3

• Fr. Bon Genson

January 14

• Fr. Raoul Magracia

January 18

• Fr. Remar Dagoc

January 20

• Fr. Enerio Tacastacas

January 28

• Fr. Noel Ebana

• Fr. Der John Faborada

Anniversaries

January 3

• Fr. Garry Igot

• Fr. Nathaniel Lerio

• Fr. Lyndon Zayas

Pasko sa Pagkatawo sa Dios Malinawong GisaulogAng pagsaulog sa Pasko

sa Pagkatawo ni Jesus

gisaulog diha sa santos nga

misa sa alas 10:00 sa gabii

nga gipangunahan ni Abp.

Antonio J. Ledesma, SJ, D.D.,

uban nila ni Msgr. Perseus

Cabunoc, Fr. Satur Lumba, Fr.

Lando Gabutero ug Fr. Joseph

Montemayor sa San AgustinCathedral, Cagayan de Oro

City.

Diha sa iyang homiliya,

nag-ingon ang arsobispo nga

ang gipropesiya ni Isaias, ang

pagkatawo sa Dios, nagdala

sa kahayag sa kalibutan.

Gitawag siya nga usa ka

halangdong Magtatambag sa

mga magtudulo, sa mga lider

sa katilingban. Ikaduha: ang

Manunubos pagatawgon

nga Dios sa kagamhanan.

Si Jesus dili lamang anak

ni Maria kon dili sa Dios

nga gamhanan. Ikatulo: siya

mao ang walay katapusang

Amahan. Si Papa Francisco

sa pagsugod sa Jubileo sa

Kalooy, nag-ingon nga si

Kristo mao ang nawong sa

kalooy sa Amahan. Ika-upat:

pagatawgon siya ug Prinsipe

sa kalinaw ug tuburan sa

pakigdait sa tanan.

Gi-awhag sa arsobispoang katawhan sa pagsubay

sa kahayag nga mao si

Jesucristo, diha sa pagbiya sa

sala, ug magpuyo nga ligdong

nga kinabuhi.

Sa misa sa alas 8:00

sa gabii, nga gipangunahan

ni Msgr. Perseus Cabunoc,

nangutana siya sa katawhan

kon unsay kaugmaon sa

ilang anak kay daghan

karon ang dili na mutoo sa

kaugmaon. Ang paryente ni

Juan nangutana kon unsay

iyang kaugmaon nga klaro

man nga ang gahom sa Dios

nag-uban kaniya? Si Juan

nagsangyaw sa kamatuoran

ug napunggotan sa ulo.

Si Jesus nagsangyaw sa

maayong balita, nagwali,

nag-ayo sa masakiton apan

gilansang sa krus.

Nag-awhag si Msgr.

Cabunoc nga ang matag

pamilya magpadayon sapagsunod sa Diosnong

kabubut-on. Kon aduna

may pagbingkil-bingkil,

magpasayloay ug magpaubos

ug makigdait sa usag-usa.

Isip pakigduyog sa birthday

ni Jesus, ang katawhan nag-

ambit sa ilang pasalamat sa

gasa sa kinabuhi pinaagi sa

paghatag ug halad sa Birthday

Ko, Halad ko. Samtang

miduol ang katawhan sa altar

dala ang ilang halad, miawit

si Msgr. Cabunoc ug Perfect

Christmas nga naghatag ug

kalipay ug kadasig sa tanan.

Through Mary, the Mother of God, the door of

Mercy was opened for us - Fr. Montemayor

Fr. Joseph Montemayor SSJV

Fr. Joseph Montemayor

SSJV, Vicar of St. Augustine

Cathedral said that the Church

gives honor to Mary, as the

Mother of Jesus. She was an

ordinary person but chosen

by God to be the Mother of

the Son of God. When Mary

was chosen to be the Mother

of God, He chose us also to behis children. Every person is

blessed for he/she received

the abundance of his mercy.

“Through Mary who became

the Mother of God, the door

of mercy was opened for us.

She has become our Mother

too for through Jesus, the God

in human flesh, we become

adopted children of God.

Thus, we have the privilegeof calling Mary, our Mother,”

he said.

Fr. Montemayor presided

at the Eucharistic celebration

on January 1st, the Solemnity

of Mary, Mother of God at

Fatima Chapel, Velez St.,

Cagayan de Oro City.

He said that it is also

our call and challenge, and

a new year’s resolution to

recognize Mary, the Mother

of God as our mother too. “Weare challenged to give honor

and respect to our very own

mothers. We have to respect

and value all their sacrifices

rendered to us. If we give

respect to our mothers and all

women, we show respect to

Mary the Mother of God,” he

said.

The Council of Ephesus

taught that Mary is truly the

Mother of God, since she gave

birth to the Second Person of

the Trinity who became man

for our sake. This title of Mary

is solemnly proclaimed by theCouncil of Ephesus in 431.

Kapistahan sa Immaculada Conception Mabulokong GisaulogSa Deciembre 8, 2015,

mabulokong gisaulog angkapistahan sa ImmaculadaConception ni Maria, Buluadiha sa santos nga misa ngagipangunahan ni Fr. JuliusClavero, SSJV, uban sa kapariansa Cagayan de Oro.

Nag-ingon si Fr. Claveronga diha sa iyang titulo ngaImmaculada Conception, siMaria puno sa grasya sa Dios.

Si Maria bulahan kaayo satanang kababayenhan kaygikahimut-an siya sa Ginootungod sa pag-uyon niya saiyang kabubut-on.

Si Maria gitawag ngabag-ong Eva, nga larawansa pagkamasinugtanon, saDios. “Sa iyang titulo ngaImmaculada Conception,gipahinumduman kita ngasama kang Maria, kita usabmahimong masinugtanonsa Dios. Magpasalamat kitakang Maria tungod sa iyangpagkabalaan, nahitabo angplano sa Dios nga kaluwasan

alang kanatong tanan,”matod

ni Fr. Clavero.Nag-ingon siya nga ang

relevance sa ImmaculadaConception sa atong panahondako kaayo. Ang sala makagubasa atong hulagway isip anak saDios. Kon makasala kita, anaaang grasya sa pagpasaylo diha

Ang mga kaparian sa Arkidiyosesis sa Cagayan de Oro

sa kompisal. Makaangkon kitasa kalooy, kaayo ug hustisyasa Ginoo kon mangayo kitasa iyang pasaylo. “Musunodkita sa lakang ni Mariadiha sa pagtuo, pagsalig ugpagkamasinugtanon.

Mapasalamaton si Msgr.

Santuario Eucaristico OpensHoly Door of Mercy

On December 19, 2015,the Holy Door of Mercy of theSantuario Eucaristico, SacredHeart Parish, was openedby Msgr. Rey Monsanto,SSJV, together with Fr. JoelLasutaz,SSS, parish priest,Fr. Muriel Uy,SSS, Fr. CliffordBarrios, SSS and Rev. Ronel

Fulo Jr., SSS.

Before the opening ofthe Holy Door, the peoplewere given brochures onthe “Passing through theHoly Door of Mercy” so thatthey will understand theimportance and steps toreceive Indulgences when theyenter the Pilgrim Churchesin Cagayan de Oro during theJubilee Year of Mercy.

By Sarah Palacio

Si Abp. Antonio J. Ledesma nagmbaya sa katawhan

Si Msgr. Perseus Cabunoc nag-awit ug Perfect Christmas,

Eutiquiano Legitimas, angkura paroko sa suporta ugtabang sa tanan aron angkapistahan sa ImmaculadaConception sa Mahal ngaBirhen Maria malinawon ug

mabulukon.

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